PAUL RYAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS

[Liljohn]

PAUL RYAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS

A List of Republican Budget Cuts

Notice S.S. and the military are NOT on this list

.

These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting.

Read to the end.

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.

* Save America 's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.

* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.

* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.s

* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.

* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.

* Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.

* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.

* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.

* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.

* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.

* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.

* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.

* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings

* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.

* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.

* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.

* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings..

* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.

* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.

* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.

· Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings

* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.

* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.

* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.

* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.

* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.

* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.

* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings..

* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.

*Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.

* U.S.Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.

* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.

* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.

*Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.

* No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.

* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.

* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.

* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

*Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees -- $1 billion total savings.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?

* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.

* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.

*Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.

WHAT???

* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.

*Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings

WELL ISN'T THAT SPECIAL

* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.

* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.

* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.

* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.

*Eliminate fund for Obama care administrative costs-- $900 million savings.

* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings..

* HUD Ph.D. Program.

* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.

*

TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

My question is, what is all this doing in the budget in the first place?

Maybe this is why the Democrats are attacking Paul Ryan.

.

Please Send to everyone you know..

GOD BLESS!!! LORD SEND THE RAIN!!!

[SnowGlobe7]

* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.

SWEET!

[dog53]

PAUL RYAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS

A List of Republican Budget Cuts

Notice S.S. and the military are NOT on this list

.

These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting.

Read to the end.

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.

* Save America 's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.

* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.

* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.s

* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.

* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.

* Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.

* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.

* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.

* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.

* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.

* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.

* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.

* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings

* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.

* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.

* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.

* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings..

* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.

* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.

* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.

· Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings

* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.

* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.

* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.

* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.

* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.

* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.

* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings..

* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.

*Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.

* U.S.Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.

* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.

* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.

*Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.

* No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.

* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.

* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.

* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

*Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees -- $1 billion total savings.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?

* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.

* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.

*Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.

WHAT???

* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.

*Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings

WELL ISN'T THAT SPECIAL

* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.

* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.

* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.

* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.

*Eliminate fund for Obama care administrative costs-- $900 million savings.

* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings..

* HUD Ph.D. Program.

* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.

*

TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

My question is, what is all this doing in the

budget

in the first place?

Maybe this is why the Democrats are attacking Paul Ryan.

.

Please Send to everyone you know..

GOD BLESS!!! LORD SEND THE RAIN!!!

What budget ?

Great post

[Liljohn]

[leanonme]

Great post. Do you have a link fot this. I would copy and paste and spread this around. The people need to know about all this fluff.

[TexasGranny]

Actually - these are NOT Paul Ryan's proposed cuts. The following is from FactCheck.org.

An email is circulating that lists specific “Republican budget cuts” that could save the U.S. $2.5 trillion over 10 years. The list is real. The cuts are contained in legislation — the Spending Reduction Act of 2011 — sponsored by Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and cosponsored by 32 others.

The legislation is the product of the House Republican Study Committee, a group of social and fiscal conservatives. Jordan, the committee chairman, introduced the bill in January 2011, and it has been referred to numerous committees. No votes have been taken on the bill.

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has introduced a companion bill in the Senate. It has no cosponsors, and the Senate has taken no action on the bill, which has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee.

The email — which supports the cuts — contains some side comments questioning specific items, such as the “death gratuity for members of Congress.” In this case, the word “WHAT???” appears after the item.

A “death gratuity” is paid to the surviving spouse and/or children of a member of Congress who dies in office. The amount is equal to a year’s pay, according to the Congressional Research Service. For example, a $136,700 payment was added to a fiscal year 2000 appropriations bill for the wife of Rep. George E. Brown Jr., of California, a Democrat who served 18 terms in Congress (four from 1963-1971 and 14 from 1973-1999, when he died).

Separate legislation, including a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey of Florida, has been proposed to eliminate the “death gratuity.” No action has been taken on that bill, either.

The email also wondered about the $1 billion in “unpaid taxes by federal employees.” That’s accurate. The Washington Post wrote about it in January: “About 98,000 federal, postal and congressional employees owed $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of fiscal 2010, according to records provided by the Internal Revenue Service.”

Jordan’s bill and a similar bill introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah would allow the federal government to fire federal employees with “seriously delinquent tax debt.” By a 263-114 vote, the House passed Chaffetz’s bill in July, and it has been referred to the Senate.

Some of the proposed budget cuts listed in the bill are longtime Republican targets, such as eliminating funding for Amtrak.

Former President George W. Bush submitted a fiscal year 2006 budget that would have cut all subsidies to Amtrak, and former President Ronald Reagan repeatedly did the same. “Why won’t Congress stop subsidizing Amtrak, which costs taxpayers $35 per passenger every time a train leaves the station?” Reagan said in a 1985 radio address to discuss the federal budget. David Stockman, Reagan’s budget director, once called Amtrak a “mobile, money-burning machine.”

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told Fortune magazine that he would eliminate “the Amtrak subsidy, the PBS subsidy, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities.”

In 2010, Amtrak received $1.565 billion in federal capital grants and operating subsidies — which, not adjusted for inflation, was the highest level since 1999. That was the amount listed as “annual savings” in the email and in Jordan’s summary of his bill, although the amount has fluctuated over a 10-year period ending in 2010. The average annual subsidy during that time was nearly $1.2 billion, with a low of $520 million in fiscal year 2001.

The bulk of the bill’s savings would result from deep cuts in non-defense discretionary spending. The Republican Study Committee says by eliminating automatic increases for inflation and capping spending at 2006 levels through 2021, the budget would save $2.29 trillion over 10 years.

Jordan and the RSC have since called for even deeper cuts, proposing a fiscal year 2013 budget plan that would balance the budget in five years. By contrast, Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan for fiscal year 2013 (“The Path to Prosperity“) aims to balance the budget by 2040. “Obviously, a lot of us thought we could do better,” Rep. Scott Garrett of New Jersey told the Daily Caller when the RSC released its budget plan.

So, yes, the list of “Republican budget cuts” is real. But historically it has been difficult to make such deep cuts in the budget, and some of the proposed cuts go further than even the Republican leaders so far have been willing to support.

– Eugene Kiely

*************

Sounds like a good plan to me - never have understood why the taxpayer's should fund all of these subsidies. Philanthropic donations from citizens and corporations that can afford to support them should cover it. For all the demonizing - check out #2 on the list below. If you go to the link provided, the list is easier to read. Also, this is just the top 100.

Foundation Center

Rank Name/(state) Total Giving As of Fiscal Year End Date

1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WA) $2,486,342,209 12/31/2010

2. Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR) 1,479,636,053 12/31/2010

3. Abbott Patient Assistance Foundation (IL) 594,182,250 12/31/2011

4. Genentech Access To Care Foundation (CA) 587,337,392 12/31/2010

5. Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NY) 569,495,443 12/31/2010

6. GlaxoSmithKline Patient Access Programs Foundation (NC) 555,867,032 12/31/2010

7. Lilly Cares Foundation, Inc. (IN) 504,948,121 12/31/2011

8. Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) 496,523,981 12/13/2011

9. Ford Foundation (NY) 427,625,656 09/30/2011

10. Sanofi-aventis Patient Assistance Foundation (NJ) 392,778,999 12/31/2010

11. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) 392,567,134 12/31/2010

12. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA) 359,407,416 12/31/2010

13. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) 359,172,005 12/31/2010

14. W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) 291,212,363 08/31/2011

15. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) 262,445,606 12/31/2010

16. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO) 251,886,514 12/31/2010

17. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (CA) 249,165,846 12/31/2010

18. Silicon Valley Community Foundation (CA) 249,072,000 12/31/2011

19. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (NE) 247,394,595 12/31/2010

20. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) 245,800,350 12/31/2010

21. Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. (NJ) 239,531,453 12/31/2010

22. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) 220,667,589 12/31/2010

23. Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) 210,332,045 12/31/2010

24. Foundation to Promote Open Society (NY) 210,255,130 12/31/2010

25. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. (NC) 197,954,354 12/31/2010

26. Merck Patient Assistance Program, Inc. (NJ) 187,005,086 12/31/2010

27. International Medical Outreach, Inc. (TX) 170,001,005 12/31/2010

28. Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (NV) 169,556,911 12/31/2011

29. The Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc. (AR) 164,588,396 01/31/2011

30. Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc. (CT) 139,761,457 12/31/2011

31. The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) 139,408,226 12/31/2010

32. The New York Community Trust (NY) 137,497,141 12/31/2011

33. The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (NY) 136,057,677 03/31/2011

34. The Kresge Foundation (MI) 134,892,636 12/31/2010

35. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation (NY) 133,757,626 12/31/2010

36. The Simons Foundation (NY) 132,374,789 12/31/2010

37. The Chicago Community Trust (IL) 130,513,816 09/30/2010

38. The California Endowment (CA) 124,777,309 03/31/2011

39. Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation (CA) 120,741,276 12/31/2010

40. Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY) 119,805,090 09/30/2011

41. California Community Foundation (CA) 117,608,000 06/30/2011

42. Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) 115,029,892 12/31/2011

43. Annenberg Foundation (CA) 114,887,527 06/30/2011

44. The Duke Endowment (NC) 112,689,513 12/31/2011

45. GE Foundation (CT) 112,221,740 12/31/2010

46. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MI) 108,500,000 12/31/2011

47. The Bloomberg Family Foundation, Inc. (NY) 107,989,685 12/31/2010

48. Wells Fargo Foundation (CA) 107,542,374 12/31/2011

49. The Starr Foundation (NY) 104,944,994 12/31/2010

50. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL) 99,866,000 12/31/2011

51. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CA) 99,070,768 12/31/2010

52. Open Society Foundation, Inc. (NY) 97,500,000 12/31/2011

53. The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations (OH) 96,119,215 12/31/2010

54. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX) 93,673,023 12/31/2010

55. Tulsa Community Foundation (OK) 93,524,000 12/31/2010

56. The McKnight Foundation (MN) 91,328,087 12/31/2011

57. The Annie E. Casey Foundation (MD) 91,082,227 12/31/2010

58. Foundation For The Carolinas (NC) 89,879,356 12/31/2009

59. Robertson Foundation (NY) 88,905,745 11/30/2010

60. Omaha Community Foundation (NE) 86,420,901 12/31/2010

61. The John Merck Fund (MA) 86,353,415 12/31/2010

62. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. (MD) 86,059,465 02/28/2011

63. Richard King Mellon Foundation (PA) 85,869,711 12/31/2010

64. The San Francisco Foundation (CA) 82,473,000 06/30/2011

65. The Sherwood Foundation (NE) 82,016,449 12/31/2010

66. The William Penn Foundation (PA) 81,719,258 12/31/2010

67. Genzyme Charitable Foundation, Inc. (MA) 80,305,998 12/31/2010

68. The Cleveland Foundation (OH) 78,670,685 12/31/2011

69. Boston Foundation, Inc. (MA) 77,521,000 06/30/2011

70. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (NY) 76,569,323 12/31/2010

71. Howard G. Buffett Foundation (IL) 75,833,873 12/31/2010

72. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (NY) 75,008,312 12/31/2011

73. ExxonMobil Foundation (TX) 72,154,563 12/31/2010

74. Houston Endowment Inc. (TX) 72,087,711 12/31/2010

75. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (GA) 71,445,686 12/31/2011

76. The Denver Foundation (CO) 69,012,161 12/31/2010

77. The East Bay Community Foundation (CA) 67,463,000 06/30/2011

78. John Templeton Foundation (PA) 66,160,261 12/31/2010

79. Tosa Foundation (CA) 65,826,351 12/31/2010

80. Greater Houston Community Foundation (TX) 64,928,918 12/31/2011

81. Citi Foundation (NY) 63,573,500 12/31/2010

82. The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (DC) 62,969,894 03/31/2011

83. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (OH) 62,620,127 12/31/2010

84. The Oregon Community Foundation (OR) 60,700,000 12/31/2009

85. Open Society Institute (NY) 60,670,957 12/31/2010

86. Verizon Foundation (NJ) 59,365,756 12/31/2010

87. The James Irvine Foundation (CA) 59,311,064 12/31/2010

88. Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc. (TN) 57,814,599 12/31/2011

89. The Heinz Endowments (PA) 57,724,243 12/31/2010

90. Marin Community Foundation (CA) 57,484,094 06/30/2011

91. The JPB Foundation (NY) 57,169,949 12/31/2011

92. The Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. (GA) 56,569,252 12/31/2010

93. Richard O. Jacobson Foundation, Inc. (IA) 56,057,510 10/31/2011

94. Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. (TX) 55,784,000 06/30/2011

95. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (MI) 55,208,050 12/31/2010

96. The PNC Foundation (PA) 54,221,909 12/31/2011

97. Bernard Osher Foundation (CA) 53,659,196 12/31/2010

98. Druckenmiller Foundation (NY) 53,493,186 11/30/2011

99. The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation (MI) 52,596,202 12/31/2010

100. W. M. Keck Foundation (CA) 52,177,993 12/31/2011

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